#youareworthy
awareness project
testimonials
"I loved the topic and I would like to be an active participant on the topic." (A. Zeadally)"This was super cool! Love what you guys are doing, keep it up!" (Anon)"Such a great idea!" (S. Hall)"Love what y'all are doing!!" (C. Dream)
About
#youareworthy — a project made by two high schoolers to raise awareness about body shaming.We opened this page in hopes to unnormalize body shaming and raise awareness about the effect it has on people and their identity. At the end of the day, our message is simple— you, in all of your entirety and with all of your flaws, are worthy.
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Welcome to our blog, a safe space for everyone <3
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A Listicle on Self-care!
Interview with Model and Activist, Bishamber Das!
Interview with Holistic Nutrition Coach, Shayna Hall!
Interview with Psychotherapist, Dr. Ayesha Nazir!
An introduction to who we are and what we do!
Hello, World!
18 September, 2020
Welcome to our first-ever blogpost! You might have clicked on this by accident, through our Instagram or simply out of sheer curiosity. Whatever it is, welcome!#youareworthy is a project started off by two high schoolers living and studying in Pakistan in hopes to raise awareness about and denormalize body shaming. Of course, there is only so much the two of us can do alone, so we opened our social media in hopes of reaching a larger number of people and a wider audience.What do we do?Honestly? Not much! There isn’t really much we can do apart from posting constantly, scheduling interviews with influencers in hopes to spread their message and trying to reach people with our own. We promote body positivity- the idea that no matter what you look like, no matter what size you come in, you are worthy. That, of course, is where the name of our project came to be about.What do we believe?Body positivity is something that is, quite frankly, often taken out of context in our opinion. There’s this idea nowadays that in order to be respected, you have to be at least a bit decent-looking. You can spend the rest of your lifetime bending backwards over yourselves to please everyone and there will still always be people who will criticize you. Our belief is that no matter what others think of you, the only person who can define your worth is yourself.Body shaming, on the other hand, is something that should be stopped. It is practically part of our tradition now, a coming-of-age practice. In hopes to combat and curb it, we have opened various pages and we hope you will join us on our journey!If you want to keep up with what we are doing and talking about nowadays, follow us on our Instagram and Twitter and make sure to do our survey :)And don’t forget, you are always worthy!
Interview with Psychotherapist, Dr. Ayesha Nazir
24 September, 2020
Based in Islamabad, Pakistan, Dr. Ayesha Irfan Nazir sits in front of me with a line of certifications that make zero sense to me but are impressive to say out loud-- MBBS-RMP, Mental Health Counselor CPCAB-UK, Certified NLP Practitioner ABNLP-USA, Certified Time Line Therapist TLTA-USA, Certified Life Coach ABNLP-USA. I help myself to her hand sanitizer and sit across her with my makeshift clipboard, smiling awkwardly.Her rectangular glasses are brown. Why does everyone in medicine wear rectangular glasses? As we exchange introductions and she hands me her card, I joke awkwardly that it looks like she’s on the other side of the clipboard and pen for the first time.“I don’t take notes during sessions,” she tells me. “It’s not how I work.”
Properly chastised, I clear my throat and return to my clipboard, starting with the first question.
What do you define “body shaming” as?
“Body shaming is a practice. It’s a practice [carried out] by other people when they mock someone- when they shame someone for their colour, their shape, their size… It’s more to do with your own self-worth-- when you don’t have your own self-worth, you’re going to project that onto others. A cowardly person will be the one to scare another person. When you’re not okay with your own body, you’re going to shame others’-- one-up behaviour.”
In your expert opinion, how does body shaming impact an individual and their identity?
“It’s [body shaming] part of growing up. When kids are growing up, they first idolize their parents, then they go on to peers, their friends, teachers, celebrities… That’s how they form their identity. When they go to school and they see their peers, their friends being body shamed, it affects them psychologically. An identity crisis sets in- self-worth, self-doubt, low self-esteem-- they set in and they stay there. That’s when it starts.”